Civil – Nirman: Industrial Visit to M.M. Construction, Mangaluru

Oct 24, 2017

The Department of Civil Engineering
at SJEC organized an Industrial Visit to M.M Construction, Mangaluru on 24th
October, 2017 for V Semester students. Three faculty members Ms Bhavya, Mr
Chitharanjan M, and Mr Vijay H accompanied a group of 64 students. M.M Construction,
Mangaluru is a construction company and the visit aimed at making students
understand the reinforcement detailing and construction work. The visit helped
the students in enhancing their knowledge pertaining to construction drawings,
shuttering/centering work, formwork, placing of steel reinforcement and
detailing of reinforcement on site as per design. The students observed
positive & negative reinforcement in different components of structure,
development length & standard hook required for placing the reinforcement.
The provision of cover to reinforcement to avoid corrosion according to IS
codes were noticed. Furthermore, it made the students to understand the
importance of safety required in construction sites to avoid accidents.